The Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland

Resolutions Passed at theAnnual General Court

All of the resolutions proposed at the Annual General Court of the Bank held on 15June2011 were duly passed.

The Results of the voting on each resolution are as follows:

Resolution 1

To receive the Report and Accounts.

RESOLUTION / VOTES
FOR / % / VOTES AGAINST / % / VOTES WITHHELD / VOTES
TOTAL
1 / 2,632,912,366 / 99.94 / 1,464,811 / 0.06 / 4,305,112 / 2,634,377,177

Resolution 2

To receive the Report on Directors’ Remuneration.

RESOLUTION / VOTES
FOR / % / VOTES AGAINST / % / VOTES WITHHELD / VOTES
TOTAL
2 / 2,633,197,150 / 99.83 / 4,430,045 / 0.17 / 1,069,681 / 2,637,627,195

Resolution 3

(i)To elect PatrickKennedy as a Director

RESOLUTION / VOTES
FOR / % / VOTES AGAINST / % / VOTES WITHHELD / VOTES
TOTAL
3(i) / 2,628,786,225 / 99.69 / 8,148,084 / 0.31 / 1,750,294 / 2,636,934,309

(ii)To re-elect the following Directors, by separate resolutions

(a)Pat Molloy

(b)Richie Boucher

(c)Rose Hynes

(d)Jerome Kennedy

(e)John O’Donovan

(f)Patrick O’Sullivan.

RESOLUTION / VOTES
FOR / % / VOTES AGAINST / % / VOTES WITHHELD / VOTES
TOTAL
(a) / 2,615,121,628 / 99.16 / 22,150,550 / 0.84 / 1,363,753 / 2,637,272,178
(b) / 2,619,920,224 / 99.35 / 17,167,224 / 0.65 / 1,613,648 / 2,637,087,448
(c) / 2,625,753,216 / 99.60 / 10,673,348 / 0.40 / 2,245,644 / 2,636,426,564
(d) / 2,625,755,659 / 99.59 / 10,836,723 / 0.41 / 2,061,344 / 2,636,592,382
(e) / 2,594,056,395 / 98.37 / 42,912,828 / 1.63 / 1,706,902 / 2,636,969,223
(f) / 2,578,656,446 / 97.79 / 58,160,236 / 2.21 / 1,807,939 / 2,636,816,682

Resolution 4

To authorise the Directors to determine the remuneration of the auditors.

RESOLUTION / VOTES
FOR / % / VOTES AGAINST / % / VOTES WITHHELD / VOTES
TOTAL
4 / 2,632,565,801 / 99.83 / 4,614,584 / 0.17 / 1,612,474 / 2,637,180,385

Resolution 5

To determine the re-issue price range for the treasury stock.

RESOLUTION / VOTES
FOR / % / VOTES AGAINST / % / VOTES WITHHELD / VOTES
TOTAL
5 / 2,628,534,148 / 99.69 / 8,222,830 / 0.31 / 1,949,689 / 2,636,756,978

Resolution 6

To maintain the existing authority to convene an EGM by 14 days’ notice.

RESOLUTION / VOTES
FOR / % / VOTES AGAINST / % / VOTES WITHHELD / VOTES
TOTAL
6 / 2,576,935,013 / 97.71 / 60,310,512 / 2.29 / 1,512,738 / 2,637,245,525

Resolution 7

To renew the Directors’ authority to issue Ordinary Stock on a non-pre-emptive basis forcash.

RESOLUTION / VOTES
FOR / % / VOTES AGAINST / % / VOTES WITHHELD / VOTES
TOTAL
7 / 2,626,816,999 / 99.62 / 10,077,549 / 0.38 / 1,890,715 / 2,636,894,548

Resolution 8

To renew the Directors’ authority to issue Ordinary Stock on a non-pre-emptive basis other than for cash.

RESOLUTION / VOTES
FOR / % / VOTES AGAINST / % / VOTES WITHHELD / VOTES
TOTAL
8 / 2,370,381,955 / 89.89 / 266,526,020 / 10.11 / 1,850,284 / 2,636,907,975

Resolution 9

(i)To reduce stock premium.

RESOLUTION / VOTES
FOR / % / VOTES AGAINST / % / VOTES WITHHELD / VOTES
TOTAL
9(i) / 2,624,638,197 / 99.57 / 11,292,555 / 0.43 / 2,762,033 / 2,635,930,752

(ii) To authorise the Directors to determine the amount of stock premium.

RESOLUTION / VOTES
FOR / % / VOTES AGAINST / % / VOTES WITHHELD / VOTES
TOTAL
9(ii) / 2,624,416,145 / 99.56 / 11,658,357 / 0.44 / 2,686,316 / 2,636,074,502

The “Vote Withheld” option is provided to enable abstention on any particular resolution. However, it should be noted that a “Vote Withheld” is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of the votes “For” and “Against” a resolution.

The full text of each resolution was set out in the Governor's Letter to holders of Ordinary Stock and Notice of the Annual General Court which was posted to stockholders on 12 May 2011.

Copies of these resolutions have been forwarded to the Irish Stock Exchange and available for inspection at the following location:

Company Announcements Office,

Irish Stock Exchange,

28 Anglesea Street,

Dublin 2,

Ireland.

Tel: + 353 1 6174200

and on the following website:

15June 2011

For further information contact:

Helen Nolan, Group Secretary

Tel: + 353 76 6234710